POLITICO
Get the POLITICO Pulse newsletter
Email
Sign Up
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Presented by
With Carmen Paun, Susannah Luthi and Rachel Roubein
Editor’s Note: POLITICO Pulse is a free version of POLITICO Pro Health Care s morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 6 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day’s biggest stories.
NCPG appoints Willard to lead policy and advocacy igamingbusiness.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from igamingbusiness.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Health insurers were dealt a major blow this week when President Trump
Lobbying efforts around the issue had sparked a fierce multiyear fight pitting doctors and medical providers against insurance companies.
At stake was whether to use arbitration to determine how much insurers would pay doctors in common situations like when patients receive care from an emergency room doctor who isn’t covered by their insurance plan.
ADVERTISEMENT
Doctors and providers won out in the end, and the insurance industry now faces a new payment process that could drive up their expenses and create more administrative hurdles.
“This was easily the largest lobbying and public affairs battle in the last several years. The big health insurers and employer groups placed a massive bet. . They were ultimately outmaneuvered on the political front,” a health care consultant on K Street told The Hill.
HEALTH CARE TRANSFORMATION TASK FORCE ENCOURAGES BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION TO ADVANCE VALUE-BASED PAYMENT wboc.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wboc.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.